The Kiss

Anton Abildgaard is a noble and conscientious young man whose top priority is to complete his training as a cavalry officer in the most honourable way possible. During a training session he orders his platoon to help Baron von Løvenskjold whose car has got stuck in the mud and finds himself invited to a ball at the castle. At the ball he meets the Baron’s beautiful daughter Edith who has been in an accident and ended up in a wheelchair. She is miserable but brightens up when it turns out that Anton treats her like she is perfectly normal, this makes her father very happy. Anton feels a growing compassion towards Edith, and as the two spend more time together he grows fond of her. However, he can’t figure out whether his feelings are of pity or true love, and in his attempt at doing the right thing he gets ever more entangled in promises, lies, and responsibility towards the Løvenskjold family and to Edith.